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Phase Transitions

Thermal Fluctuations Boltzmann Distribution Hybrid States Out-of-Equilibrium Systems Superfluidity Supercritical State First-Order Melting Transition Nucleation Amorphous Materials Leidenfrost Effect Melting Point Freezing Processes Water Behavior Boiling and Freezing Solidification Processes First-Order Phase Transitions First-Order Phase Transition Freezing Process Ice Properties Supercooling Effects Liquid Films Premelting State Low Temperature Physics Crystallization Threshold Effects

Water’s ‘Premelting’ Phase Directly Observed in Nanopores

Static deuterium NMR in 1.6‑nm pores revealed frozen layers coexisting with liquid‑like molecular rotation.

Dipole Interactions, Not Melting, Explain Why Ice Is Slippery

Simulations Point to Carbon as Trigger for Earth’s Inner-Core Formation

Simulations Pin Ice’s Slipperiness on Dipoles, Not Pressure or Friction

Engineered Metal Surface Uses Meltwater and Surface Tension to Self-Propel Ice Discs

Lab Simulations Show Trapped Vapor Cracks Ice to Propel Cryovolcanism on Europa and Enceladus

Gold Superheated to 14 Times Its Melting Point, Overturning Entropy Catastrophe Limit

Study Reveals Hidden Nano-Crystals in Space Ice

Scientists Create Supersolid from Light in Groundbreaking Experiment

Scientists Create Plastic Ice VII, a Unique Hybrid Phase of Water

Physicists Achieve One-Dimensional Gas State Using Light